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San Carlos proclaims Mosquito Control Awareness Week; county district urges reporting of standing water
Summary
Mayor Sarah Mcdow proclaimed June 15–21 as Mosquito Control Awareness Week; San Mateo County Mosquito & Vector Control District staff described services, testing for West Nile virus and urged residents to report biting mosquitoes and dead birds.
The San Carlos City Council on June 9 issued a proclamation naming June 15–21 as Mosquito Control Awareness Week and welcomed representatives of the San Mateo County Mosquito and Vector Control District.
Mayor Sarah Mcdow read the proclamation, and the council recognized the district’s public outreach role. Ron Collins, a San Carlos resident and a board member for the district, introduced Rachel Curtis Robas, the district’s public health education and outreach officer. Robas summarized services available to San Carlos residents: mosquito fish for standing water, insect and tick identification, rodent and yellow-jacket support, community education for schools and neighborhood groups, and testing for West Nile virus (the district does not test for avian influenza in wild birds).
Robas encouraged residents to report areas of biting mosquitoes as early indicators of a problem, and to report dead birds, which can be a surveillance tool for West Nile activity in the county. She also promoted a free upcoming open house at the district office and a free tick kit available for request online.
The district noted that last year the county observed West Nile–positive birds but did not detect West Nile–positive mosquitoes in the district; staff emphasized a science-based integrated vector management approach and invited questions from the council.
For more information, residents were directed to the San Mateo County Mosquito and Vector Control District website for reporting and to request free tick kits.
